: ...it was always my fate to choose for the worse, so I did here; for having money in my pocket and good clothes upon my back, I would always go on board in the of a gentleman; and so I neither had any business in the ship, or learned to do any.

an addiction.

He has a 10-cigar .

haircut

noun

The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.

The way hair is cut.

In a bankruptcy proceeding, the proportional reduction in the debt that will be paid to each creditor, based on an evaluation of the total debt owed and the total assets of the debtor.

hairdo

noun

A hairstyle

A haircut

hairdresser

noun

A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession.

hairpiece

noun

A false substitute for a person's hair; a toupee or wig.

hairpin

noun

A pin or fastener for the hair.

adjective

Characterized by an abrupt or extreme bend; shaped like a hairpin.

Drive carefully. That road has a lot of turns.

halter

noun

A device of rope, straps etc, placed on the head of animal such as a horse to control it.

A woman's garment covering the upper chest, a halter top.

handkerchief

noun (handkerchieves)

A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.

A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.

haute couture

noun

A common term for high fashion as produced in Paris and imitated in other fashion capitals such as New York, London, and Milan.

The fashion houses or fashion designers that create exclusive and often trend-setting fashions

Any unique stylish design made to order for wealthy and high-status clients.

French fashion

havelock

noun

A cap incorporating a cloth hanging down the sides and back, to protect the ears and neck; often created ad hoc by placing a kerchief on the head and holding it in place with a cap.

headband

noun

a strip of fabric worn around the head

a strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement

headdress

noun

a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.

a hairdo.

Heather

proper noun

(given name, female) from the English noun heather

heel

noun (wikipedia, Heel, Heel (part of the foot))

(anatomy) Part of the foot on the backside where it becomes the leg.

The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.

On a long firearm, the back upper part of the stock.

The last or lowest part of anything; as, the heel of a mast or the heel of a vessel.

A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.

A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.

(nautical) The tilt of a ship to one side; also, the degree of such a tilt.

verb

To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.

hemline

noun

The line formed by the bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or coat.

The height of this line, measured from the floor.

henna

noun

A reddish plant substance used for temporary tattoos and hair coloring. Hair colorings range from bright red to earth brown to near black.

(colour) a rich reddish-brown colour.

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adjective

(colour) of a rich reddish-brown colour.

herringbone

noun

a bone of a herring

1884: Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry

:The prosperity of Amsterdam was then so great that it was said that Amsterdam was "founded on herring-bones."

a zigzag pattern, especially made by bricks, on a cloth, or by stitches in sewing

1861: Charlotte Yonge, The Young Step-Mother

:'The best path of life is but a herring-bone pattern.'

1922: James Joyce, Ulysses

:Mr Bloom walked behind the eyeless feet, a flatcut suit of tweed.

(skiing) a method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards

(cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.

(baseball) A curveball.

He threw a in the dirt.

(software) Features, definitions, or codings that enable future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.

''We've added "user-defined" codepoints in several places and careful definitions of what to do with unknown message types as hooks in the standard to enable implementations to be both backward and forward compatible to future versions of the standard.

(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade

(boxing) A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc.

The heavyweight delivered a few powerful hooks that staggered his opponent.

(slang) A jack (the playing card)

verb

(transitive) To attach a hook to.

Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.

(transitive)To catch with a hook (hook a fish).

He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water.

(transitive)To connect (hook into, hook together).

If you your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.

hook up: To meet.

You guys go ahead to the fair, and we'll hook up with you later.

hook up: (slang) To have sexual intercourse with.

She got wasted at the party and ended up hooking up with her ex.

(Usually in passive) To make addicted (I'm hooked).

He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth.

(context, Cricket) To play a hook shot.

(context, ice hockey, hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)

The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.

(context, intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution.

I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window.

hoop

noun

A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

(italbrac, plural) The game of basketball.

A hoop earring.

hose

noun (pl=hoses, pl2=hose, pl3=hosen)

A flexible tube conveying water or other liquid, hoses.

A stocking-like garment worn on the legs; pantyhose, women's tights, or hosen.

verb (hos, es)

(transitive) To water or spray with a hose.

(transitive) To attack and kill somebody, usually using a firearm.

(transitive) To trick or deceive.

(transitive, computing) To break a computer so everything needs to be reinstalled; to wipe all files.